
In the mid-afternoon glow, dried chilli's hang on an outside wall of a 'hutong' (Traditional Chinese alley dwelling) in a "nong tang" (alley) on the eastern edge of the city. Note: the old menues stuck on to the wall along side the chilliphoto: mhobbs

Yantai - East - A mound of coal at "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" - afternoon
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Yantai - North - A man dressed in a "classic" Chinese coat, pushes his "biketruck" along a narrow "nong tang" in the north of the city - afternoonphoto: mhobbs

Yantai - North - A woman pushes her bicycle along a narrow 'nong tang' (alley) on the northern edge of the city - afternoon
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Yantai - North - A corner store in a small backstreet in the north of the city - afternoon
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Yantai - Barbed wire tangled around an electrical pole in a "nong tang" (alley) on the northern edge of the city - late afternoon
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Yantai - North - The "red star" of the Chinese Navy on a large gate in the northern section of the city - afternoonphoto: mhobbs

Yantai - East - On the eastern edge of the city at a small market, we were out shopping for a pair of 'winter slippers' for my beautiful fiance, at the vendors stall where we found what we were looking for a family stopped to admire our daughter (1 year and 3 months old) the boy is facsinated with my curly hair - afternoonphoto : mhobbs

Yantai - East - A man stands with a cart stands outside a small store in a "nong tang" or alley on the eastern edge of the city - afternoon
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Yantai - Central - In the centre of the city two men share a joke whilst waiting for a new customer - afternoonphoto: mhobbs

Yantai - East - A man stands in the doorway of his store, in a small backstreet in the east of the city - afternoon
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Yantai - A street vendor in a small backstreet near "Shandong Institute of Business and Technology" - afternoonphoto: mhobbs